Monday, Sept. 3, at Washington - Nationals 4, Cardinals 3: A court of appeals couldn't have helped Matt Carpenter after his second strikeout in as many innings stranded a runner in scoring position to end the second. When the Nationals rallied for a walk-off win, the Cardinals confronted their first three-game losing skid of the second half. (Getty Images)
#MondayMosaic - September 3-9
Tuesday, Sept. 4, at Washington - Cardinals 11, Nationals 8: Yadier Molina's ninth-inning grand slam capped the club's five-homer night (started with a pair of solo blasts from Marcell Ozuna) and provided the final margin in a 4-hour, 10-minute D.C. special. (Getty Images)
Tuesday, Sept. 4, at Washington - Cardinals 11, Nationals 8: After switching from second base to right field in the bottom of the ninth, Yairo Munoz kept Ryan Zimmerman's home run bid from leaving the park. Instead of a three-run homer, the Nats settled for a two-RBI double amid a rally that ultimately fell short. (Getty Images)
Wednesday, Sept. 5, at Washington - Cardinals 7, Nationals 6: Closing for the first time in 2018, Carlos Martinez handled the final two innings with a wave of nasty stuff, recording four strikeouts and nailing down the last three outs with the tying run in scoring position to clinch the series and earn his first save since 2014. (Associated Press)
Friday, Sept. 7, at Detroit - Tigers 5, Cardinals 3: Marcell Ozuna twice powered the club to leads with solo blasts - the Big Bear's second two-homer outing in three games - but the Tigers clawed back to take the series opener behind a two-run walk-off shot in the ninth. (Getty Images)
Saturday, Sept. 8, at Detroit - Tigers 4, Cardinals 3: Continuing to soar down the stretch, Marcell Ozuna delivered a game-tying, two-run homer with two outs in the ninth. The blast, his eighth home run in 13 games, momentarily gave the Cardinals a lift before Detroit walked off a win in the bottom half for the second consecutive day. (Getty Images)
Sunday, Sept. 9, at Detroit - Cardinals 5, Tigers 2: Playing flat in Motown and stuck in a scoreless tie in the seventh inning of the series finale, an old friend provided a much-needed change of tune and rallied the Redbirds to a five-run outburst. (Getty Images)
Sunday, Sept. 9, at Detroit - Cardinals 5, Tigers 2: Racing home from second base on Kolten Wong's single to left, Marcell Ozuna (who else?) scored the first of five seventh-inning runs that drove the Cardinals to victory in the Motor City. (Getty Images)